Weiland, who had been dogged by substance abuse problems throughout his career, had been due to perform with his band the Wildabouts on Thursday night.

Bloomington Police said they were called to a hotel "on a report of an unresponsive male in a recreational motor vehicle" at 8:22 p.m. (9:22 p.m. ET). He was later declared dead.

Only hours earlier, pictures of Weiland performing at Britain's Reading Festival in 1993 and with Aerosmith's Steven Tyler at Madison Square Garden three years later were posted to his Twitter account.